Lewis said a ditch along State Highway 82 was not in the city limits, but in the county. He said heavy rains caused the ditch to direct runoff into the town through a small culvert which couldn't handle the flow. "At that time that entire side of town floods," Lewis said.
Lewis asked if representatives for the engineering firms for the county and city could get together and work on the problem.
District 3 Commissioner Lewis Warren said Mike Kelly from Kelly Engineering of Tahlequah was waiting for Lewis and Warren after the meeting to discuss the drainage problem. Lewis said Vian's engineering firm, Sanders Engineers of Sapulpa, would help with the project.
Lewis said about 200 feet of the ditch needed more tinhorns. Warren said he, the mayor and engineer would meet after the commission meeting.
The commissioners approved a request for used machinery from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. District 1 Commissioner Bruce Tabor said District 1 is requesting a tractor, District 2 is requesting a rubber-wheeled loader and District is requesting a dump truck.
The commissioners also approved payment for engineering plans for two county bridge improvement projects. The study cost $5,550 for a bridge in District 1, which is on a county road two miles east and a half mile north of Liberty. The District 3 bridge study cost $3,322. That bridge is four miles west and one mile north of Muldrow over Big Skin Bayou.
District 3 Commission Cleon Harrell did not attend the meeting due to illness.
